Praetorian is an adjective derived from the ancient Roman office of

praetor ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to disch ...

. It may refer to:

Government and military

Legatus A legate (Latin: , ) was a high-ranking Roman military officer in the Roman army, equivalent to a high-ranking general officer of modern times. Initially used to delegate power, the term became formalised under Augustus as the officer in comman ...

(Praetorian legate), the title of a high military rank in the Roman Empire *

Praetorian Guard The Praetorian Guard (Latin language, Latin: ''cohortes praetoriae'') was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor including being a bodyguard unit, counterintelligence, crowd control and ga ...

, a special force of skilled and celebrated troops serving as the personal guard of Roman Emperors *

Praetorian prefect The praetorian prefect (; ) was a high office in the Roman Empire. Originating as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the office gradually acquired extensive legal and administrative functions, with its holders becoming the Emperor's chief ai ...

, the title of a high office in the Roman Empire

Places

Praetorian prefecture The praetorian prefecture (; in Ancient Greek, Greek variously named ) was the largest administrative division of the Late Antiquity, late Roman Empire, above the mid-level Roman diocese, dioceses and the low-level Roman province, provinces. Praeto ...

, the largest administrative division of the late Roman Empire, above the mid-level dioceses and the low-level provinces **

Praetorian prefecture of Africa The Praetorian Prefecture of Africa () was an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire in the Maghreb. With its seat at Carthage, it was established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals in 533–534 by the Byzantine ...

, division of the Eastern Roman Empire established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals **

Praetorian prefecture of Gaul The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul () was one of four large praetorian prefecture, prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided in the 4th century. History The prefecture was established after the death of Constantine I in 337, whe ...

, included Gaul, Upper and Lower Germany, Roman Britain, Spain and Mauretania Tingitana in Africa **

Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum The praetorian prefecture of Illyricum (; , also termed simply the prefecture of Illyricum) was one of four praetorian prefectures into which the Later Roman Empire, Late Roman Empire was divided. The administrative centre of the prefecture wa ...

, included, in its greatest expanse, Pannonia, Noricum, Crete and most of the Balkan peninsula except Thrace **

Praetorian prefecture of Italy The praetorian prefecture of Italy (, in its full form (until 356) ) was one of four praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided since the first half of the 4th century. It comprised the Italian peninsula, the western Balk ...

, included the Italian peninsula, the Western Balkans, the Danubian provinces and parts of North Africa **

Praetorian prefecture of the East The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (, ) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Later Roman Empire, Late Roman Empire was divided. As it comprised the larger part of the Eastern Roman Empire, and its seat w ...

, included the larger part of the Eastern Roman Empire

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Praetorians'' (album), a 2008 black metal album by Naer Mataron * ''Praetorians'' (video game), a 2003 real-time strategy computer game * ''

The Praetorian The Collegiate Network (CN) is a program that provides financial and technical assistance to student editors and writers of roughly 100 independent, conservative and libertarian publications at colleges and universities around the United States. ...

'', a newspaper at the University of California, Riverside * ''Praetorian'' (novel), book by Simon Scarrow

Characters

* Praetorians are the primary antagonist group in '' The Net'', 1995 film featuring Sandra Bullock * Praetorian, a rank in the ''

Mad Max ''Mad Max'' is an Australian media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It centres on a series of post-apocalyptic and dystopian action films. The franchise began in 1979 with '' Mad Max'', and was followed by three sequels: ...

'' franchise held by Jack and Furiosa amongst others * Glyphid Praetorian, an acid-spitting creature in the cooperative first-person shooter video game

Deep Rock Galactic ''Deep Rock Galactic'' is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Danish studio Ghost Ship Games and published by Coffee Stain Publishing. ''Deep Rock Galactic'' was fully released on May 13, 2020 for Microsoft Windows and ...

Buildings

Praetorian Building The Praetorian Building, also known as Stone Place Tower, was a 15-story, high-rise constructed in 1909 at Main Street and Stone Street in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It was regarded the first skyscraper in Texas and t ...

, one of the first high-rise buildings to be constructed in Dallas, Texas *

Praetorian Palace The Praetorian Palace (, ) is a 15th-century Venetian Gothic architecture, Venetian Gothic palace in the city of Koper, in southwest Slovenia. Located on the southern side of the city's central Josip Broz Tito, Tito Square (at ''Titov trg/piazza ...

, a 14th-century Venetian palace in the city of Koper, Slovenia

Other uses

Pax Praetoriana ''Pax Praetoriana'' (or ''Pax Pretoriana'') refers to the relative stability of modern South Africa and the ( economically and politically) dominant foreign policy of the country towards the African continent and its encouragement of stable, acco ...

, the relative stability of modern South Africa and its encouragement of democratic governments in other African states *

Praetorians Roma The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in ...

, an Italian rugby union team scheduled to begin play in the Magners League in 2010 *

Torsus Praetorian The Torsus Praetorian is a 4x4 off-road bus. It is manufactured by Torsus, a Czech company, set up by Ukrainians Vakhtang Dzukashvili and Yuliya Khomych as a subsidiary of their Pulsar Expo company. It can seat up to 35 people, has of ground ...